10.10.2011                      12.Tischrei. 5772

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Israel sees increasing incidents of anti-Arab hate graffiti

Hate-graffiti reported across Israel after Tuba-Zangaria mosque arson last week; Police Commissioner meets with Muslim, Christian community leaders after tense weekend in Jaffa.

Jaffa was quiet on Sunday following a tense weekend in which vandals spray-painted slogans such as "Death to Arabs" in two cemeteries – one Muslim and one Christian – and hurled a Molotov cocktail at a synagogue.
Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino sought an urgent meeting with the leaders of Jaffa's Muslim and Christian communities on Sunday, and the meeting was quickly set for that evening in Jaffa. By the time it occurred, police had also learned about similar graffiti in nearby Bat Yam, along with new slogans such as "There will be no Arabs on Maccabi Haifa" (a soccer team) and "Death to Russians." But Bat Yam residents say this graffiti is more than two weeks old….